Courses

Choosing a course is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make! View our courses and see what our students and lecturers have to say about the courses you are interested in at the links below.

About NUI Galway

Since 1845, NUI Galway has been sharing the highest quality teaching and research with Ireland and the world. Find out what makes our University so special – from our distinguished history to the latest news and campus developments.

Contact Details

Biography

John Currie is a lecturer in Accounting and Director of the Master of Accounting program at NUI Galway. He is a graduate of NUI Galway and
University College Dublin. He has been a lecturer at University College Cork and
a visiting lecturer at several European universities. He also has significant
experience of working with small businesses in Ireland and Poland. He is a Fellow of the Chartered
Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA). He sets examination papers (at
final professional level) for the Instuitute of Certified Public Accountants and
is external examiner at a number of third level institutions.

His main teaching interests are in management
accounting at masters and final year undergraduate levels. He has participated in successful research funding
applications to the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and the
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He is author or co-author of 10
refereed publications (as of December 2010), most recently in aspects of
strategic management accounting.

'Strategies and procedures for risk management in professional accounting Firms: An empirical study'
Bane, S. & Currie, J. (2011) 'Strategies and procedures for risk management in professional accounting Firms: An empirical study'. Pratibimba Journal Of The Institute Of Management And Information Science, 11 (2) [Details]

(2009)

'Managing and controlling research and development in the 21st century: The contrast with Taylor’s scientific management'
Currie, J.A. (2009) 'Managing and controlling research and development in the 21st century: The contrast with Taylor’s scientific management'. Pratibimba Journal of the Institute of Management and Information Science, 9 (1):57-64 [Details]

'The development and use of an expert system to interpret an accounting standard'
Currie, J.A. (1990) 'The development and use of an expert system to interpret an accounting standard'. BRITISH ACCOUNTING REVIEW, 22 (4):311-329 [Details]